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How can one acquire TITLE?

For original registration, when no title has yet been issued over a parcel
of land, it can be acquired either by:

  1. Judicial proceedings - by filing petition for registration in Court.
  2. Administrative proceedings - filing an appropriate application for
    patent (e.g. homestead) in the Administrative body (DENR) and
    registration of this patent becomes the basis for issuance of the
    Original Certificate of Title by the Register of Deeds.
What are the main classification of lands as to ownership?

  1. Private properties - those which are titled.
  2. Public lands - those which have not been titled as
    well as those public dominion or outside the commerce
    of man susch as road, public plaza and rivers.

What are Public Lands? All Lands that are not acquired by private person or corporation,
either by grant or purchase are public lands. The common
understanding therefore, is that all lands which have no title or
not registered to private individual are public land. these are
grouped into:
  1. Alienable or disposable (A & D Lands) - those that can be
    acquired or issued title. Our constitution provides that only
    agricultural lands can be disposed of to private citizens.
  2. Non-alienable lands - includes timber or forest lands, mineral
    lands, national parks. No title can be issued over any portion
    within this area.
What are the modes of disposition or How can one acquire title over A&D lands? The modes are:
  1. By Homestead Patent
  2. By Sales Patent
  3. By Lease
  4. By Free Patent or Administrative legalization


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